I've always wanted to make music like people write plays, so I was inspired by writers as much as musicians.

Change your thoughts and you change your world.

The sunflower is mine, in a way.

Empty pockets never held anyone back. Only empty heads and empty hearts can do that.

Charity is the cement which binds Communities to God and persons to one another . . .

If God is the center of your life, no words are necessary. Your mere presence will touch hearts.

People become really quite remarkable when they start thinking that they can do things. When they believe in themselves they have the first secret of success.

We should strive to keep our hearts open to the sufferings and wretchedness of other people, and pray continually that God may grant us that spirit of compassion which is truly the spirit of God.

We should spend as much time in thanking God for his benefits as we do in asking him for them.

Normality is a paved road: It’s comfortable to walk, but no flowers grow on it.

Your profession is not what brings home your weekly paycheck, your profession is what you're put here on earth to do, with such passion and such intensity that it becomes spiritual in calling.

The foolishness of youth with the cynicism of age is a dangerous combination.

Sports is like a war without the killing.

The man who is too busy to read is never likely to lead.

And we live in a French Quarter a lot of the time, in New Orleans. And the camaraderie of everybody there. Everybody takes care of each other.

When I joined the militia I had promised myself to kill one Fascist - after all, if each of us killed one they would soon be extinct.

Jiu-jitsu is personal efficiency to protect the weaker, which anyone can do. It is the force of leverage against brute force.

Compassion refers to the arising in the heart of the desire to relieve the suffering of all beings.

Material success is always tempered by the recollection that there was some kind of happiness that was supposed to come with it.

I don't think I'm too mean to celebrities. I poke fun, but I think in the end, they always win.